Pete Hegseth's comments about germs resurface after Trump appointment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Hegseth served overseas in Afghanistan, Iraq and at Guantanamo BayHegseth is married to television producer Jennifer Cunningham Rauchet, with the pair tying the knot back in 2019Hegseth and Rauchet are seen promoting his book alongside Trump at the president-elect's Bedminster, N.J., golf courseHegseth sporting a tuxedo lined with an American flag and with a muted flag belt buckleHegseth is pictured with his four children, which came across two different marriages, as well as Rauchet's three children from her first marriageAs Trump formulated his first Cabinet following his 2016 win, Hegseth was reportedly considered to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
54% : The president-elect had already turned heads by appointing a television personality to the position - Fox News's Pete Hegseth - as he will soon have the most power over the US military behind Trump himself.
44% : Scroll down for video:Resurfaced footage shows Donald Trump's new defense secretary bragging about not washing his handsThe president-elect had already turned heads by appointing a television personality to the position - Fox News's Pete Hegseth - as he will soon have the most power over the US military behind Trump himself'As I told you my 2019 resolution is to say things on-air that I say off-air,' Hegseth begins by saying, flanked by co-hosts Jedediah Bila and Ed Henry for the February 10, 2019 edition of 'Fox & Friends Sunday.''I don't think I've washed my hands for 10 years,' he adds - before being met with a strange mix of laughter and groans from his coworkers.
20% : Two years later, Trump again considered the then 38-year-old for the post -prior to incumbent David Shulkin's ouster in 2018.
16% : In 2019, Hegseth urged Trump to pardon U.S. service members who had been accused of war crimes by interviewing their relatives on Fox News, and also posted on social media to plea for themThe effort would eventually be successful, with Trump that year pardoning a U.S. Army commando accused of killing a suspected Afghan bomb-maker, as well as a former Army lieutenant convicted of murder for ordering his men to fire upon three Afghans - two of whom were killed.

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